Spider release

DAVE MUNCHSTAFF PHOTO / Carroll County Times

Tree of Life Theatre Troupe members, from left, Gavin Gomsak, Will Gournaris, and Madison Young react as they hold onto balloons carrying plastic spiders and messages of hope before releasing them at Freedom Park in Sykesville Sunday, August 9. Plastic spiders were included with the messages as a reference to the troupe's production of "Charlotte's Web," which raised funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to help fight childhood cancer.

Tree of Life Theatre Troupe member Parker Montour holds plastic spiders and messages of hope attached to balloons before releasing them at Freedom Park in Sykesville Sunday, August 9. Plastic spiders were included with the messages as a reference to the troupe's production of "Charlotte's Web," which raised funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to help fight childhood cancer.

The Tree of Life Theatre Troupe decided to boost its donation by giving the audience members an opportunity to sponsor plastic spiders which were released on Sunday at Freedom Park in Sykesville. The spider release is a homage to the end of "Charlotte's Web" when hundreds of baby spiders fly away to begin their own lives.